More than four years without visiting Portuguese soil, Mastodon came back with many promising stories full of metal in their luggage. Even though “Emperor of Sand” is cleaner, at a production level, it is still a journey back to their roots, no doubt. When the album is brought to a live event it becomes a [...]
July 1, 2017
Vasco Baptista
Concerts, Reports
Sala Tejo of Meo Arena, in Lisbon. Ticket’s cost is 28€ and can be purchased at Worten, Fnac, El Corte Inglês, Unkind, Blueticket and Masqueticket (Spain) It’s been five years since the American band Mastodon don’t play in Portugal. Between that time, the quartet from Atlanta, Georgia have released two new albums, 2014’s ”Once More ‘Round [...]
June 8, 2017
Zé Serôdio
Previews
The concert will take place at Coliseu de Lisboa on June 5th. Tickets cost €32. Slayer, the mighty Thrash Metal legends are back in Portugal right after playing in Spain at the Primavera Sound festival on June 1st. The band is currently still promoting their latest album “Repentless”, released in 2015. It took 6 years [...]
May 28, 2017
Filipe Gomes
Previews
VOA – Heavy Rock Festival will once again return to the Quinta de Marialva Urban Park, in Corroios. The event will take place on August 4, 5 and 6, and the 2017 edition has several new features in their billing. Among the main events in VOA Fest, for the first time and to enjoy the [...]
May 10, 2017
Rita Limede
News
VOA Heavy Rock Festival has added 5 bands to their billing of this year’s edition. Finnish cello metal Apocalyptica (who are celebrating 20 years of ”Plays Metallica by Four Cellos”), Dutch symphonic metal Epica (who are promoting their latest release ( The Holographic Principle), American mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan (who are giving their farewell tour), [...]
March 1, 2017
Zé Serôdio
News
VOA Fest returned under a new name and venue, the chosen place was Quinta da Marialva in Corroios. At first this change was heavily criticized by many Portuguese fans, however, given the flux of people in there we might say all was forgotten and a chance was given to this reborn festival on its new [...]
August 18, 2016
Rita Limede
Festivals, Reports